Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset

Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset

Full name	Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset
Born	(1971-12-06) December 6, 1971 Nordfjordeid, Norway
Ski club	Fjellhug/Vereide IL
World Cup career
Seasons	1993-2011
Individual wins	8
Indiv. podiums	18

Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset
Medal record

Men's cross country skiing
Competitor for Norway
Olympic Games
	2010 Vancouver	4x10 km relay
	2002 Salt Lake City	50 km classical
World Championships
	2001 Lahti	4 x 10 km
	2005 Oberstdorf	4 x 10 km
	2007 Sapporo	50 km
	2007 Sapporo	4 x 10 km
	2009 Liberec	4 x 10 km
	1999 Ramsau	10 km
	2001 Lahti	15 km
	2005 Oberstdorf	50 km

Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset (born December 6, 1971 in Nordfjordeid) is a former Norwegian cross-country skier who competed from 1993 to 2011.

A classical technique specialist, Hjelmeset's biggest success is the gold medal in the 50 km event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 in Sapporo. At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships he won eight medals (all in the classical style). This includes five gold medals (50 km: 2007, 4 x 10 km relay: 2001, 2005, 2007, 2009) and three bronze medals (1999: 10 km, 2001: 15 km, and 2005: 50 km).

Hjelmeset has also competed on the national level in athletics, and won the bronze medal at the Norwegian championships in the 3000 metre steeplechase in 1996 and 1999.^[1]

The 2007 season was Hjelmeset's best. He won two gold medals at the World Championships in Sapporo, then a World Cup race in Lahti, before winning the 50 km individual start in Holmenkollen where he had won the sprint event in 2000. Hjelmeset was awarded the Holmenkollen medal in 2007 (Shared with Frode Estil, King Harald V, and Queen Sonja).

He retired after he failed to qualify for the 2011 Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo.

Notes

↑ Norwegian championships in 3000 metre steeplechase (Norwegian)

References

2007 Holmenkollen medalists announced - Accessed March 18, 2007. (Norwegian)
Odd-Bjoern Hjelmeset at the International Ski Federation
Holmenkollen medal presented to Estil and Hjelmeset - Accessed March 21, 2007 (Norwegian)
Holmenkollen winners since 1892 - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)

World champions in men's 50 km cross-country skiing

1925: František Donth (TCH)
1926: Matti Raivio (FIN)
1927: John Lindgren (SWE)
1929: Anselm Knuuttila (FIN)
1930: Sven Utterström (SWE)
1931: Ole Stenen (NOR)
1933: Veli Saarinen (FIN)
1934: Elis Wiklund (SWE)
1935: Nils-Joel Englund (SWE)
1937: Pekka Niemi (FIN)
1938: Kalle Jalkanen (FIN)
1939: Lars Bergendahl (NOR)
1950: Gunnar Eriksson (SWE)
1954: Vladimir Kuzin (URS)
1958: Sixten Jernberg (SWE)
1962: Sixten Jernberg (SWE)
1966: Gjermund Eggen (NOR)
1970: Kalevi Oikarainen (FIN)
1974: Gerhard Grimmer (GDR)
1978: Sven-Åke Lundbäck (SWE)
1982: Thomas Wassberg (SWE)
1985: Gunde Svan (SWE)
1987: Maurilio De Zolt (ITA)
1989: Gunde Svan (SWE)
1991: Torgny Mogren (SWE)
1993: Torgny Mogren (SWE)
1995: Silvio Fauner (ITA)
1997: Mika Myllylä (FIN)
1999: Mika Myllylä (FIN)
2001: Johann Mühlegg (ESP)
2003: Martin Koukal (CZE)
2005: Frode Estil (NOR)
2007: Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset (NOR)
2009: Petter Northug (NOR)
2011: Petter Northug (NOR)
2013: Johan Olsson (SWE)
2015: Petter Northug (NOR)

World champions in men's 4 x 10 km cross-country relay

1933: Sweden
- Per-Erik Hedlund
- Sven Utterström
- Nils-Joel Englund
- Hjalmar Bergström
1934: Finland
- Sulo Nurmela
- Klaes Karppinen
- Martti Lappalainen
- Veli Saarinen
1935: Finland
- Mikko Husu
- Klaes Karppinen
- Väinö Liikkanen
- Sulo Nurmela
1937: Norway
- Annar Ryen
- Oskar Fredriksen
- Sigurd Røen
- Lars Bergendahl
1938: Finland
- Juho 'Jussi' Kurikkala
- Martti Lauronen
- Pauli Pitkänen
- Klaes Karppinen
1939: Finland
- Pauli Pitkänen
- Olavi Alakulppi
- Eino Olkinuora
- Klaes Karppinen
1950: Sweden
- Nils Täpp
- Karl-Erik Åström
- Martin Lundström
- Enar Josefsson
1954: Finland
- August Kiuru
- Tapio Mäkelä
- Arvo Viitanen
- Veikko Hakulinen
1958: Sweden
- Sixten Jernberg
- Lennart Larsson
- Sture Grahn
- Per-Erik Larsson
1962: Sweden
- Lars Olsson
- Sture Grahn
- Sixten Jernberg
- Assar Rönnlund
1966: Norway:
- Odd Martinsen
- Harald Grønningen
- Ole Ellefsæter
- Gjermund Eggen
1970: Soviet Union:
- Vladimir Voronkov
- Valery Tarakanov
- Fyodor Simashev
- Vyacheslav Vedenin
1974: East Germany
- Gerd Hessler
- Dieter Meinel
- Gerhard Grimmer
- Gert-Dietmar Klause
1978: Sweden
- Sven-Åke Lundbäck
- Christer Johansson
- Tommy Limby
- Thomas Magnuson
1982: Norway
- Lars-Erik Eriksen
- Ove Aunli
- Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass
- Oddvar Brå
and Soviet Union
- Vladimir Nikitin
- Alexander Batyuk
- Yuriy Burlakov
- Alexander Zavyalov
1985: Norway
- Arild Monsen
- Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass
- Tor Håkon Holte
- Ove Aunli
1987: Sweden
- Erik Östlund
- Gunde Svan
- Thomas Wassberg
- Torgny Mogren
1989: Sweden
- Christer Majbäck
- Gunde Svan
- Lars Håland
- Torgny Mogren
1991: Norway
- Øyvind Skaanes
- Terje Langli
- Vegard Ulvang
- Bjørn Dæhlie
1993: Norway
- Sture Sivertsen
- Vegard Ulvang
- Terje Langli
- Bjørn Dæhlie
1995: Norway
- Sture Sivertsen
- Erling Jevne
- Bjørn Dæhlie
- Thomas Alsgaard
1997: Norway
- Sture Sivertsen
- Erling Jevne
- Bjørn Dæhlie
- Thomas Alsgaard
1999: Austria
- Markus Gandler
- Alois Stadlober
- Mikhail Botvinov
- Christian Hoffmann
2001: Norway
- Frode Estil
- Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset
- Thomas Alsgaard
- Tor Arne Hetland
2003: Norway
- Anders Aukland
- Frode Estil
- Tore Ruud Hofstad
- Thomas Alsgaard
2005: Norway:
- Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset
- Frode Estil
- Lars Berger
- Tore Ruud Hofstad
2007: Norway
- Eldar Rønning
- Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset
- Lars Berger
- Petter Northug
2009: Norway:
- Eldar Rønning
- Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset
- Tore Ruud Hofstad
- Petter Northug
2011: Norway:
- Martin Johnsrud Sundby
- Eldar Rønning
- Tord Asle Gjerdalen
- Petter Northug
2013: Norway:
- Tord Asle Gjerdalen
- Eldar Rønning
- Sjur Røthe
- Petter Northug
2015: Norway:
- Niklas Dyrhaug
- Didrik Tønseth
- Anders Gløersen
- Petter Northug

Holmenkollen Medal

1895: Viktor Thorn (NOR)
1897: Asbjørn Nilssen (NOR)
1899: Paul Braaten (NOR), Robert Pehrson (NOR)
1901: Askel Refstad (NOR)
1903: Karl Hovelsen (NOR)
1904: Harald Smith (NOR)
1905: Jonas Holmen (NOR)
1907: Per Bakken
1908: Einar Kristiansen (NOR)
1909: Thorvald Hansen
1910: Lauritz Bergendahl
1911: Otto Tangen (NOR), Knut Holst (NOR)
1912: Olav Bjaaland (NOR)
1914: Johan Kristoffersen (NOR)
1915: Sverre Østbye (NOR)
1916: Lars Høgvold (NOR)
1918: Hassa Horn (NOR), Jørgen Hansen (NOR)
1919: Thorleif Haug (NOR), Otto Aasen (NOR)
1923: Thoralf Strømstad (NOR)
1924: Harald Økern (NOR), Johan Grøttumsbråten (NOR)
1925: Einar Landvik (NOR)
1926: Jacob Tullin Thams
1927: Hagbart Haakonsen (NOR), Einar Lindboe (NOR)
1928: Torjus Hemmestveit (NOR), Mikkjel Hemmestveit (NOR)
1931: Hans Vinjarengen (NOR), Ole Stenen (NOR)
1934: Oddbjørn Hagen (NOR)
1935: Arne Rustadstuen (NOR)
1937: Olaf Hoffsbakken (NOR), Birger Ruud (NOR), Martin P. Vangsli (NOR)
1938: Reidar Andersen (NOR), Johan R. Henriksen (NOR)
1939: Sven Selånger (SWE), Lars Bergendahl (NOR), Trygve Brodahl (NOR)
1940: Oscar Gjøslien (NOR), Annar Ryen (NOR)
1947: Elling Rønes (NOR)
1948: Asbjørn Ruud (NOR)
1949: Sigmund Ruud (NOR)
1950: Olav Økern (NOR)
1951: Simon Slåttvik (NOR)
1952: Stein Eriksen (NOR), Torbjørn Falkanger (NOR), Heikki Hasu (FIN), Nils Karlsson (SWE)
1953: Magnar Estenstad (NOR)
1954: Martin Stokken (NOR)
1955: Haakon VII (NOR), Hallgeir Brenden (NOR), Veikko Hakulinen (FIN), Sverre Stenersen (NOR)
1956: Borghild Niskin (NOR), Arnfinn Bergmann (NOR), Arne Hoel (NOR)
1957: Eero Kolehmainen (FIN)
1958: Inger Bjørnbakken (NOR), Håkon Brusveen (NOR)
1959: Gunder Gundersen (NOR)
1960: Helmut Recknagel (GDR), Sixten Jernberg (SWE), Sverre Stensheim (NOR), Tormod Knutsen (NOR)
1961: Harald Grønningen (NOR)
1962: Toralf Engan (NOR)
1963: Alevtina Kolchina (URS), Pavel Kolchin (URS), Astrid Sandvik (NOR), Torbjørn Yggeseth (NOR)
1964: Veikko Kankkonen (FIN), Eero Mäntyranta (FIN), Georg Thoma (FRG), Halvor Næs (NOR)
1965: Arto Tiainen (FIN), Bengt Eriksson (SWE), Arne Larsen (NOR)
1967: Toini Gustafsson (SWE), Ole Ellefsæter (NOR)
1968: Olav V (NOR), Assar Rönnlund (SWE), Gjermund Eggen (NOR), Bjørn Wirkola (NOR)
1969: Odd Martinsen (NOR)
1970: Pål Tyldum (NOR)
1971: Marjatta Kajosmaa (FIN), Berit Mørdre Lammedal (NOR), Reidar Hjermstad (NOR)
1972: Rauno Miettinen (FIN), Magne Myrmo (NOR)
1973: Einar Bergsland (NOR), Ingolf Mork (NOR), Franz Keller (FRG)
1974: Juha Mieto (FIN)
1975: Gerhard Grimmer (GDR), Oddvar Brå (NOR), Ivar Formo (NOR)
1976: Ulrich Wehling (GDR)
1977: Helena Takalo (FIN), Hilkka Kuntola (FIN), Walter Steiner (SUI)
1979: Ingemar Stenmark (SWE), Erik Håker (NOR), Raisa Smetanina (URS)
1980: Thomas Wassberg (SWE)
1981: Johan Sætre (NOR)
1983: Berit Aunli (NOR), Tom Sandberg (NOR)
1984: Lars-Erik Eriksen (NOR), Jakob Vaage (NOR), Armin Kogler (AUT)
1985: Anette Bøe (NOR), Per Bergerud (NOR), Gunde Svan (SWE)
1986: Britt Pettersen (NOR)
1987: Matti Nykänen (FIN), Hermann Weinbuch (FRG)
1989: Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (FIN)
1991: Vegard Ulvang (NOR), Trond Einar Elden (NOR), Ernst Vettori (AUT), Jens Weißflog (GER)
1992: Yelena Välbe (RUS)
1993: Emil Kvanlid (NOR)
1994: Lyubov Yegorova (RUS), Vladimir Smirnov (KAZ), Espen Bredesen (NOR)
1995: Kenji Ogiwara (JPN)
1996: Manuela Di Centa (ITA)
1997: Bjarte Engen Vik (NOR), Stefania Belmondo (ITA), Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR)
1998: Fred Børre Lundberg (NOR), Larisa Lazutina (RUS), Alexey Prokurorov (RUS), Harri Kirvesniemi (FIN)
1999: Kazuyoshi Funaki (JPN)
2001: Adam Małysz (POL), Bente Skari (NOR), Thomas Alsgaard (NOR)
2003: Felix Gottwald (AUT), Ronny Ackermann (GER)
2004: Yuliya Chepalova (RUS)
2005: Andrus Veerpalu (EST)
2007: Frode Estil (NOR), Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset (NOR), Harald V (NOR), Sonja (NOR), Simon Ammann (SUI)
2010: Marit Bjørgen (NOR)
2011: Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR), Michael Greis (GER), Andrea Henkel (GER), Janne Ahonen (FIN)
2012: Magdalena Neuner (GER), Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR)
2013: Tora Berger (NOR), Martin Fourcade (FRA), Therese Johaug (NOR), Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT)
2014: Magnus Moan (NOR), Eric Frenzel (GER), Thomas Morgenstern (AUT), Darya Domracheva (BLR)
2015: Eldar Rønning (NOR), Anders Bardal (NOR), Anette Sagen (NOR), Kamil Stoch (POL)
2016: Noriaki Kasai (JPN)

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